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Social media has been around since the mid-2000s but it's still widely considered a "new" trend in freight. Magnum Transportation and its rockstar marketing manager, Katie McPherson, are proof of the benefits of having a creative and results-driven social strategy. Katie was at the Transportation Marketing and Sales Association's annual conference and she was kind enough to share some of those strategies with us. Cyberly is hosted by Blythe Brumleve and covers B2B marketing, the attention economy, and how it ties into the world of logistics. Airing every Thursday at 2pm ET, you can follow the podcast on Spotify and Apple while catching the video replays on FreightWaves TV.

Most of us in shipping know how complex the busy produce season can be. Which is why many freight brokers go above and beyond to try to reach those shippers. In this episode, we're talking with citrus farm owner turned shipper turned podcaster on the complexities of shipping produce, what brokers need to know before reaching out to customers. and how The Produce Industry Podcast is making moves throughout the industry.

Every day it feels like we hear about a new cyber security attack affecting every part of our daily lives and how we work. But how are companies treating security threats and what can we do to prevent future attacks? Cybersecurity expert James McQuiggan joins the show to break down what we do for prevention and how to recover quickly when, not if, a cyber-attack affects your company.

I don't know how else to say it but Grace Sharkey is legitimately one of the most hard-working people in all of freight. She writes. She hosts shows. She also cohosts and does guest appearances on shows like Cyberly. And when she's not doing all of that, she's hosting a radio show 5 days a week. How does this former freight broker turned c-suite leader now creator do it all? Well, she breaks it down for us in this interview live from FreightWaves The Future of Supply Chain. Cyberly is hosted by Blythe Brumleve and covers B2B marketing, the attention economy, and how it ties into the world of logistics. Airing every Thursday at 2pm ET, you can follow the podcast on Spotify and Apple while catching the video replays on FreightWaves TV.

In our ongoing road series, Blythe sits down with FreightWaves creator and host, Mary O'Connell at The Future of Supply Chain conference. Mary was a freight broker for years who joined FreightWaves and created the show and email newsletter, Check Call. In this episode, she shares her journey into freight, the wild 3PL stories she gets to share, and even how her sister is exploring the logistics of brine shrimp. It's a super fun conversation with one of the most interesting creators in freight.

Cyberly has seen a lot of roadshows but none quite like the episode we have for you today…We were honored to host a live show on Day 2 of Freightwaves’ Future of Supply Chain conference located in Rogers, Arkansas. As if hosting a live show isn’t nerve-racking enough, host Blythe Brumleve invited Freightwaves CEO Craig Fuller on the show and he did not disappoint. Included in the global supply chain conversation, we discuss the evolving geopolitical struggles that will lead to a surge in US-based manufacturing. While that’s interesting by itself, the real star conversation of the show is Craig’s disdain for LinkedIn and praise for Twitter as a tool to connect and network with other folks within the industry.

We talk about the power of content marketing on this show nonstop and a lot of that conversation centers around video. But what if you don’t like being on camera? That’s where the power of UGC and freightfluencers comes into play. Also on the show, Ken Kowal of Shipstarter is breaking down logistics content marketing strategies, Tommy and Robert from Get Swift are telling us about their food logistics delivery platform. Then we end the show with some some fun facts about the logistics of tequila

Internet marketing as been around since…well….the internet. And for years we’ve been told to use certain tools because of the powerful data it provides. But too often we set these reports up, have them sent to our inboxes, only to say to ourselves, “That’s great but what do I do now?” That’s what we’re diving into with today’s show by helping to make sense of the next steps after you look at your marketing analytics. In addition to to this topic, we’ve got Sara Graham aka Logistoks, Director of Operations at NFI Industries telling us how she got started sharing freight broker insight over on Tiktok and Karin Stevens, EVP, Chief Marketing and Product at Overhaul is telling us about cargo crime, risk mitigation, and more.

It’s never been easier to create content online. But with millions of uploads every second of the day, and a fury of spam and bot tactics on the rise, we’re exploring the difficulties of content moderation in order to prevent misinformation and hateful content from spreading throughout the internet. Since it’s easier than ever to create content online, we’re also diving into the creation part of the journey by interviewing long-time driver and truckfluencer, Ingrid Brown. This plus how to avoid all the “should” noise on the internet in order to simplify your marketing plan.

We all know content marketing is important, but if you’re kicking your feet up after you hit publish, then you’re doing it all wrong. In today’s show, we’re breaking down how to master the distribution side of content marketing to make sure all of your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed. Also on the show, Haley Fazio is breaking down how she plans the live and virtual events for FreightWaves along with Jennifer Karpus-Romain of the TMSA is telling us how she’s revamping a nearly century old association to bring it into the modern age.

A powerful quote that’s always stood out to me in marketing is, “The creative is the variable to success.” So today I’m teaching freight companies how to stop using those terrible photoshop images and instead, give tips on how to hire a photographer and source stock images that don’t suck. Also on the show, we have Austin Johansen, Fleet Sales and Marketing Manager for ExxonMobil talking about their new Synergy Diesel Efficient program along with Emily Minor of LRN Corporation to talk about achieving real business results simply by creating an ethical company culture. 

When we build online, the last thing we want to do is annoy the very people we’re trying to attract. So in today’s show, we’re talking about the ways you’re annoying your website visitors so you can create a pathway to conversion. This plus chatting with Pearl Trans CEO Lorena Camargo on the intricacies of medical shipments and Hawke Media CEO Erik Huberman on what a business needs to know before they outsource their marketing.